Jade Branches and Leaves: The Second Princess Will Unite the Realm

Female-Dominant World + Marriage Before Love + Political Scheming + The Nation's Greater Good + Responsibility and Duty

Yu Zixia, the legitimate princess of Nanya, the foremost of the four great powers on the continent, has been ambitious since childhood and dreams of unifying the world. But then she is poisoned with a toxin that dooms her to an early death. Unwilling to accept her fate, she resolves to leave no one who threatens Nanya alive before she dies. However, it seems there's been a misunderstanding...

Mo Linyuan, a descendant of a rebel clan living under an assumed name, only meant to find his mother in Nanya and leave. Instead, he uncovers his family's old feud and gets entangled with the second princess, that walking disaster, and is forced into the conflict. From then on, he's either on his way to killing his wife or already trying to kill her.

A cold, career-driven heroine vs. a scheming, devoted male lead who is an "annoying" helpmate.

The heroine focuses on her career. The male lead pursues revenge early on, then becomes a lovesick fool.